Practice at the Crossroads
When practice meets theory, a rumination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5948743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melissa Cefkin (0009-0009-0229-9919, IBM (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 2010 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-58 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings (CONFERENCE) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-890X • E-ISSN: 1559-8918 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1559-8918.2010.00006.x |
| OpenAlex | W2008357352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Consumer practices, work practices, not to mention management, design and research practices. The notion of "practice" remains core to much of what ethnographers in industry examine, expose and aim to inform. This paper questions: while we study practice(s), while we may frame our research and analysis with sensitivity towards rendering visible the richness or particularity of peoples' practice, what have we really learned about practice? In part aimed at considering whether and how the work performed by ethnographers in industry advances or critiques theories of practice as explored by Bourdieu and others, the paper aims to reconcile the fact that we are "there" at the behest of our business counterparts to have an impact and affect change. So the question shifts from not only how we use and understand concepts of practice to how it frames the expectations of our business partners and stakeholders. What I have found is that there is both productive overlap and significant slippage between our (theoretically buttressed and anthropologically-resonant) notions of practice and the (action-oriented, practical ones) of our business counterparts. This piece is intended as a reflective rumination on the notion of "practice" at the cusp of theory and business to appraise its value, present and future, to both theoretical and business interests
Business · Business practice · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Pedagogy · Political science · Practice theory · Public relations · Reflective Practice · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Chapter 1 Introduction Business, Anthropology, and the Growth of Corporate Ethnography
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Relations in Practice
The Coming Of Age Of Hybrids
Numbers may speak louder than words, but is anyone listening? The rhythmscape and sales pipeline management
Let's Have A Conversation
Contextualizing Customers
Practice, Products and the Future of Ethnographic Work
The Real Problem
Central Problems in Social Theory
Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2016 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |